Check out this weird error...

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

I've done a forums search, and it didn't turn up with anything...

Anyways, I've been using the FindIt 2.0 plugin for ages now, and I absolutely love it. I used it with my Winamp 2, and now I'm using it with my Winamp 5. But just today, I wanted to change the hotkey shortcut for it to something else because ctrl-f12 is used by PSP, and it gets annoying to have two different things pop up when I want to switch songs while I'm making avatars or something. Funny thing is, though... it will work when I initially change the hotkey shortcut to something else (say, ctrl-del or whatever). But when I shut down Winamp and start it back up, the plugin fucks up. The next time I open Winamp, the plugin search box is open, and it seems to be refreshing itself several times a second... and when I click on the Winamp main window, it moves to different parts of the screen without me dragging it. And then, when I hit alt-f4 to close Winamp, it starts spitting out error messages for about 2 or 3 seconds before it finally closes. The only way I can keep it from doing that is to edit the plugin.ini file to disable the plugin, open Winamp back up, and configure the plugin to use my old hotkey shortcut (ctrl-f12). What the hell?

Screenshot of error.


Running...
Celeron 2ghz
Half gig of RAM
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Windows XP Home SP1
(not that any of that probably matters...)

Btw, I've still got Winamp 2 installed along next to Winamp 5. Winamp 2 does the same thing, but it doesn't spit out the error messages when I close it. I've also tried configuring both of them to use the same hotkey shortcut, but it doesn't make a difference.

Any ideas or help would really be appreciated. Also, if there's already a thread about this, lemme know and I'll delete this one.

[Sebastian Mares]

You probably activated full-screen mode. LOL

[jmatthews112]

There's a plugin made by forums veteran DrO called Find File on Disk...it might be an alternative to your FindIt (I've never used FindIt). The only downside to it is that it used ctrl-f exclusively. Get it here:

http://forums.winamp.com/attachment....postid=1191755

Have fun!

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

That's a neat little plugin, but it's not the same as FindIt. The plugin I'm using searches the playlist for songs using keywords that you type into the search box. Here is the plugin if you want to take a look at it.

[jmatthews112]

Thinking about that reply even further...you might want to try DrO's JTFE, that uses Winamp's native search functions to enqueue files in methods similar to Winamp3. Or you could always use Winamp's built in Jump to File...

Jump to File Extra 0.93a

I'll look at FindIt in the meantime. Thanks.

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

That JTFE plugin is really cool, but it's got way more than I want, and not exactly what I need. With FindIt, I can set a global hotkey shortcut (which in my case is ctrl-f12) so that I can jump to a song without having to highlight Winamp first. JTFE doesn't do that to my knowledge. Plus, FindIt's search box is just one simple text line in the middle of the screen instead of a large dialog box.

I'd just like to find out how to get rid of the problem instead of replacing the plugin if at all possible.

Thanks for the suggestions, though.

[DJ Egg]

[edit] ok, I got sidetracked. When I first started typing 30+ mins ago, there were no replies [/edit]

wayhey. Hi Sarge

wow, the dreaded "Runtime Error 216"
Haven't seen that one around these parts for a year or two...

Heh, far out, the way it goes from transparent to opaque too, lol.

ahem, oh yeah, I suppose you want a solution too....

All results from this Search seem to point to a subseven trojan, but more than likely it could just be an incompatibility issue with the old FindIt plugin ?!?!

Weird how it's also happening with the WA2 installation though.... but I guess that could have something to do with having the same program (winamp.exe) installed twice, and the registry now recognizes Winamp 5 to be the active installation . . . or something along those lines.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
All I can tell you to do is uninstall both and reinstall winamp 5 only, and maybe run an online scan just to be sure.

http://scan.sygate.com
http://www.trojanscan.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
http://www.pestscan.com

If the problem persists, then I guess you should contact the FindIt plugin author and ask him if he's gonna update it for Winamp 5 compatibility.

btw, does the problem only occur if using a modern skin, or also with classic skins?

Also, do you reckon the plugin is better than, say, using DrO's JTFE plugin instead? I guess the only advantage is the auto-complete feature?

Anyway Sarge, let us know how it goes

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

First, I checked to make sure that it was still doing it with both modern and classic skins... Yeah, it did it with both, but it didn't pop up with the runtime error messages when I was using the classic skin (it basically acted just like WA2 did).

So, I uninstalled both installations of WA2 and WA5... I did a clean install of just WA5, copied the FindIt dll file to the plugins directory, started Winamp up, configured the plugin to use a different hotkey shortcut, closed and then restarted Winamp, and now it's doing the exact same thing as before. It's weird too, because I can edit the plugin.ini file to disable the plugin, then start Winamp back up and reconfigure the plugin to use my old hotkey shortcut (ctrl-f12), and it works just fine again. That tells me that there's something on my computer somewhere else that's letting the plugin ONLY use that shortcut. I did a registry search for "findit" with no results, even though I don't know if something like that would be in the registry at all. I'm at a loss as to what to do.

And I like DrO's JTFE plugin, but it's not what I need. FindIt 2.0 gives me a global hotkey shortcut that I can use from any application without having to highlight Winamp first. That, and FindIt's interface is extremely small and simple. Oh, and the auto-complete is snazzy.

Anyways, my AV definitions are up to date, so I'll go do a scan here in a few.

Thanks for the help, Egg.

[DJ Egg]

/edited "search" url in post above (jeez, didn't even realize it was b0rked)

btw, you can set a global hotkey for Jump To File Extra (which basically just replaces the standard J box) via:
Prefs -> Global Hotkeys
checkmark: enabled
Action: "Playback: Jump to box"
Set a hotkey (I use Ctrl+Alt+J) and click the "Add" button.

Note, you can set JTFE to taste in:
Prefs -> Jump To File

eg. remove unrequired buttons, make it skinned, etc etc.

Just thinking of a workaround/alternative, until you can get to the bottom of the problem at hand....

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

btw, you can set a global hotkey for Jump To File Extra (which basically just replaces the standard J box) via:
Prefs -> Global Hotkeys
checkmark: enabled
Action: "Playback: Jump to box"
Set a hotkey (I use Ctrl+Alt+J) and click the "Add" button.

lol That's exactly what I did just as soon as I posted my post above. I had forgotten about it until about 20 minutes ago.

I might just start using DrO's JTFE plugin anyways. It's a spiffy plugin, even if it is way more than I need.

*sniff* I'm going to miss FindIt.

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

Yeah, the JTFE plugin is going to take some getting used to, but it'll work just fine.

Thanks for the help, Egg.
And thanks for the suggestions, Jmatthews.

[DJ Egg]

No trojans or malware then? phew
Must be a FindIt compatibilty issue then, I guess.
Is the author still contactable?

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

Actually, I hadn't had a chance to do a full scan yet. Been kinda busy this evening, so I've been posting on the forums here on and off. Of course I've always got my AV running in aggressive mode in the background, but I still need to do a full scan. I'll post again if I find anything after the scan.

And I haven't had a chance to see if the plugin dev is still contactable or not, yet. If I can get ahold of him and see if the plugin can be updated (assuming that's the problem), then I'd most definitely start using it again.

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

I did a full system scan last night when I went to bed... finished before I got up this morning, and all is well. I'm sure it's just a compatibility issue with the FindIt plugin. I haven't found an email address for the author, but even if I did, I kinda doubt it would still be active... seeing as how the plugin is over four years old now.

[m0e]

This is from the FindIt 2.0 plugin I found. Send mail to thorsten@stnd.de. The website is http://www.stnd.de/

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

Heh, yeah I just found those in the original README file that came with the plugin.

Thanks.


Btw, why does JTFE cause my Preferences dialog box to show up in the lower right corner of my screen?

[m0e]

Originally posted by sgtfuzzbubble99

Btw, why does JTFE cause my Preferences dialog box to show up in the lower right corner of my screen?

Thats a question Darren will have to answer.

[DrO]

Originally posted by sgtfuzzbubble99
Btw, why does JTFE cause my Preferences dialog box to show up in the lower right corner of my screen?

i was waiting for that to be mentioned.

inorder to fix a few issues with skins, etc i've found the message that is sent in winamp which was causing the problems. as such there is currently a "version 1" bug fix in place which will disable the message if the jtfe dialog is open.

i felt that some side effect was going to be better than having nothing and more major bugs. i think i have a "version 2" bug fix worked out, just need to code and have fun sorry about not mentioning it beforehand (*bad DrO bad*)

@sgtfuzzbubble99: from the screenshot i think that's a memory issue in the plugin (sure i've seen that error code before in that situation).

also i agree the size of the jtfe dialog is large at times. my eventual aim is to make all of the options about the display of the dialog to be configurable so it can be resizeable and able to have a "mini" mode or something like that. give the people what they want and all that

-daz

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

i was waiting for that to be mentioned.

inorder to fix a few issues with skins, etc i've found the message that is sent in winamp which was causing the problems. as such there is currently a "version 1" bug fix in place which will disable the message if the jtfe dialog is open.

i felt that some side effect was going to be better than having nothing and more major bugs. i think i have a "version 2" bug fix worked out, just need to code and have fun sorry about not mentioning it beforehand

Ok, Thanks. I was just wondering about that.

from the screenshot i think that's a memory issue in the plugin (sure i've seen that error code before in that situation).

Well, it was a nifty little plugin, but from some of the things I read on their website I don't think they'll be updating it. "Now we make real programs for real money"... yeah. :P I think I'd much rather use a plugin from someone that's actively developing it.

also i agree the size of the jtfe dialog is large at times. my eventual aim is to make all of the options about the display of the dialog to be configurable so it can be resizeable and able to have a "mini" mode or something like that. give the people what they want and all that

Schweet.

[DrO]

"Now we make real programs for real money"

that's just sad. this one will be updated for as long as there are issues / commonly needed features that people want so that it can be as good as i can make it (so updates are going to keep coming for sometime )

the fully configurable dialog is likely to be a post v1.0 thing (but you never know what mood i might be in before that )

-daz

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

You rock.


The more I use your plugin, the more I like it. I'll be waiting anxiously for the fully-configurable dialog.

[DrO]

The more I use your plugin, the more I like it.

the sign of a good one that when i'm testing other plugins on a plain install i often goto use the features in this plugin and it's a shock when i realise it won't work, lol

full config should be leet i hope

-daz